The Entrepreneurship Development Fund under the Azerbaijani Ministry of Economy and the Turkish Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization have signed a memorandum on cooperation and exchange of experience in the field of entrepreneurship. The document was signed at the conference entitled “Concessional financial state support in the development of innovative entrepreneurship” held in Baku.…
The average nominal wage of a full-time employee in Ukraine in June increased by 18% YoY, to UAH 10,783 ($428), the State Statistics Service reported. The average nominal wage in June increased by 5.3% against May. The real wage index in June compared with May was 105.8%, and 108.1% YoY. The State Statistics Service noted…
According to information released by Statistics Estonia, the turnover of retail trade enterprises in June increased by 3% YoY at constant prices, to EUR 635 million. The turnover of stores selling manufactured goods increased by 4%. Turnover increased in five and decreased in two economic activities. Turnover increased the most in stores selling textiles, clothing…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has strengthened the official hryvnia exchange rate by 18 kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 25.25 to the dollar. This is the lowest dollar rate recorded in almost three years. On July 30 $100 cost UAH 2,525.2582 (UAH 2,543.9728 as of July 29). EUR 100 cost UAH 2,807.8346…
At the end of 2018 Latvia’s State Employment Agency (SEA) focused on the category of unemployed people older than 50. These people accounted for 40.5% of all unemployed people in Latvia, according to the agency’s 2018 report. Long-term unemployed people were also SEA’s focus last year. These people account for 25.1% of all unemployed people…
As of June 30 Ukraine’s state and government-guaranteed debt amounted to $80.35 billion, or UAH 2,102.41 billion, the Finance Ministry has reported. “As of June 30 the state and government-guaranteed debt of Ukraine amounted to UAH 2,102.41 billion or $80.35 billion, including the state and government-guaranteed external debt in the amount of UAH 1,309.33 billion…
The value of investments attracted to the economy of Kazakhstan amounted to 11.179 trillion tenge in 2018, up by 17.5% YoY, the Committee of Statistics reported. “In the reporting period Shymkent city was the leader by attracted investments, the volume of which increased by 162.2%. It is followed by Atyrau and Kyzylorda regions of Kazakhstan,…